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there are polls that show governor romney is a worst position in terms of unfavorable than any other nominee. romney has spent a lot of money but as time goes on, the unfavorable opinions of him are going up. it's not like he hasn't trialed to make people like him. why can't he connect with the voters? >> i think first of all, explaining those numbers are very easy, john. just because governor romney ran in '08 and running now, doesn't mean he was on television for four years running around on air force one and spending money in advertising. the fact of the matter is, it's very easy to see. if president obama hadn't had spent tens of millions of dollars on negative advertising, some of this which you know is completely untrue, all over the country for almost an entire year, well, it has an effect. but the good news for us is that we now are in a position to outspend them on television and tell our story, tell mitt romney story starting with our convention going through the fall. and turn the tables. i mean, that's what campaigning is all about. i think we're in a great position becau
there are polls that show governor romney is a worst position in terms of unfavorable than any other nominee. romney has spent a lot of money but as time goes on, the unfavorable opinions of him are going up. it's not like he hasn't trialed to make people like him. why can't he connect with the voters? >> i think first of all, explaining those numbers are very easy, john. just because governor romney ran in '08 and running now, doesn't mean he was on television for four years running...
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right now the polling is mixed. some polls show romney with a small lead. other polls show the president's got a lead, and no surprise, the state of florida, we're having some voting issues there. cnn's john zarrella is live in plantation, florida, this morning. good morning, john. >> you're right. it is tight here as you would expect in florida. mitt romney leading the president in that cnn/orc poll by one percentage point, 50% to 49%. while mitt romney was not in florida over the weekend, he'll be here today, the president did come down to south florida to one of the key, key counties, broward county, because he knows how important that county is, heavily democratic. he spoke to about 23,000 people gathered at a local rye tool there. he spoke for about 20 minutes. you mention the problem early voting rt shofsenned this year from 14 days four years ago down to eight days. there were repeated efforts by the league of women voters, senator bill nelson, to get the republican governor rick scott, to extend the time for early voting. he did not do it. people st
right now the polling is mixed. some polls show romney with a small lead. other polls show the president's got a lead, and no surprise, the state of florida, we're having some voting issues there. cnn's john zarrella is live in plantation, florida, this morning. good morning, john. >> you're right. it is tight here as you would expect in florida. mitt romney leading the president in that cnn/orc poll by one percentage point, 50% to 49%. while mitt romney was not in florida over the...
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and what we saw was a slew of improvements in the polling for government romney. who would better handle the deficit? romney went up 16%. who would handle the economy? romney gained 12 points over president obama. taxes, romney was ahead by nine points. health care, romney was ahead by five points. i would mention, the sampling error is almost five points there. but still, in virtually every single question, it was the governor romney who, among people who saw the debate, they felt that he was now ahead in the polls that followed. what do you make of those very devastating numbers for the president? >> i think that governor romney is certainly a skilled debater. and last night he was able to elevate his level of performance. but he did not change the fundamental dynamics of this race, nor did he change some of the policies that actually got us into the economic mess that we have. he embraced the president and agreed that, in fact, he does want to turn medicare into a voucher program, and he still skated and danced and tap danced around how it is that he's going to
and what we saw was a slew of improvements in the polling for government romney. who would better handle the deficit? romney went up 16%. who would handle the economy? romney gained 12 points over president obama. taxes, romney was ahead by nine points. health care, romney was ahead by five points. i would mention, the sampling error is almost five points there. but still, in virtually every single question, it was the governor romney who, among people who saw the debate, they felt that he was...
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mitt romney polling at 40%, rick santorum is polling at 33%, sorry, behind him, and then you have ron paul at 11% and newt gingrich at 8%. if you look at the delegate count, mitt romney at 571, rick santorum 264, gingrich and paul sort of rounding out that list. how do you consistently maintain you have the strongest candidate and there's so much evidence to the contrary? >> well i mean look, after all these states and all this money that mitt romney spent, you got to remember he did this just a few years ago, and two-thirds of the conservative vote don't want mitt romney to be the nominee. how can you say that he's the best person to take on barack obama, when consistently he's proven to be on the same side of the issues of barack obama. >> oh goodness you know i've never said that, i know you're speaking metaphorically. i'm just asking the questions. go ahead, you can jump in. >> this is will cain. i want to ask a question. the list is getting long, former president bush to jeb bush, not just the party establishment but tea party stalwarts, senator ron jo johnson and senator marco r
mitt romney polling at 40%, rick santorum is polling at 33%, sorry, behind him, and then you have ron paul at 11% and newt gingrich at 8%. if you look at the delegate count, mitt romney at 571, rick santorum 264, gingrich and paul sort of rounding out that list. how do you consistently maintain you have the strongest candidate and there's so much evidence to the contrary? >> well i mean look, after all these states and all this money that mitt romney spent, you got to remember he did this...
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"/marist poll, president obama 51%, mitt romney at 45%. when you see those numbers, that's, that's not good news for your candidate in two important states. >> well, soledad, what is good news is when you look at the rest of the polling, you think those two, first of all it's a shocker that wisconsin is even in play. we looked at polling last night for pennsylvania is becoming in play. we looked at polling last night that showed that governor romney is moving ahead in the national poll. almost 7%. according to the gallup poll. and one of the things, soledad, that i measure by is not even just the polling, although our polling we think looks really good. but the size of the turnout of these crowds when the governor's coming to virginia. i've never seen crowds like this or enthusiasm like this so we're excited about the direction this is going. i just hope it continues to move in this direction. >> there are some analysis that says and nbc points this out, they say, the reason those polls matter is not a big change from back in september whe
"/marist poll, president obama 51%, mitt romney at 45%. when you see those numbers, that's, that's not good news for your candidate in two important states. >> well, soledad, what is good news is when you look at the rest of the polling, you think those two, first of all it's a shocker that wisconsin is even in play. we looked at polling last night for pennsylvania is becoming in play. we looked at polling last night that showed that governor romney is moving ahead in the national...
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governor romney is way ahead there, 55%, president obama at 39% in that polling. let's focus a little bit more on congress. how do you see the balance of power going? if you look at -- >> i'll go out on a limb and -- >> go ahead, sir. >> i was just going to say, i was going to go out on a limb and predict that governor romney will take texas. >> you know, i felt confident that you were going to go out on that very limb and predict that very thing. let's say, in all seriousness that, in fact, the chambers are split and you basically have what we have now. regardless of who wins, how do you navigate that so that we don't have a stalemate like we saw so much over the last years? >> well, again, today is obviously -- i know it's somewhat cliche, but today is the only poll that counts. we're going to have to find out do we have a united government or divided government? regardless, the american people know as a nation we've got to quit spending money we don't have. you know, in the last four years, we've had more debt created than in the last 200. you've got to quit sp
governor romney is way ahead there, 55%, president obama at 39% in that polling. let's focus a little bit more on congress. how do you see the balance of power going? if you look at -- >> i'll go out on a limb and -- >> go ahead, sir. >> i was just going to say, i was going to go out on a limb and predict that governor romney will take texas. >> you know, i felt confident that you were going to go out on that very limb and predict that very thing. let's say, in all...
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that's the message from the romney folks. >> the kaiser poll is showing that 73% of people now are actually focused on medicare from all of this -- really ever since paul ryan was tapped to be on the ticket. we can show you that poll right there. 73%. and the conversation has moved away from the health care law, 59%. you talk about jobs and the economy. people really aren't discussing that, are they? they are talking about medicare and talking specifically about governor ryan's medicare plans and specifically about paul ryan's budget and paul ryan's medicare plans. isn't that -- isn't that problematic for your party? >> no. i think it's great. i was with speaker boehner the day before yesterday and he said, hey, let's go out and have this discussion. it's president obama who took $700 billion out of medicare. we're trying to save the program. and i think this is an issue that we should be discussing. i don't have a problem discussing medicare or medicaid or some other very important issue. of course we should be talking about that. but i think we've got the winning side of the issue. and ob
that's the message from the romney folks. >> the kaiser poll is showing that 73% of people now are actually focused on medicare from all of this -- really ever since paul ryan was tapped to be on the ticket. we can show you that poll right there. 73%. and the conversation has moved away from the health care law, 59%. you talk about jobs and the economy. people really aren't discussing that, are they? they are talking about medicare and talking specifically about governor ryan's medicare...
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mitt romney leading the polls in all three of today's contests. wisconsin is the big prize with a haul of 42 winner-take-all delegates. rick santorum showing no signs of backing down, vowing to stay in the race even if he loses all three primaries today. >>> martha johnson, head of the general services administration, has resigned and two top deputies fired for lavish over-the-top spending at a conference in las vegas. four managers of the gsa have been placed on leave. the conference cost more than $800,000 and featured a mind reader and a clown. former president bill clinton will join forces with president obama to raise some serious dough later this month, a big fund-raiser in virginia at the home of former dnc committee chairman terry mcauliffe, one of three fund-raisers president clinton is holding for november. >>> the u.s. is offering a $10 million boiunty for an alleged terrorist accused of orchestrating attacks in mum buy that killed 166 people, including six americans in 2008. hafiz saeed is the man. >>> minding your business this mornin
mitt romney leading the polls in all three of today's contests. wisconsin is the big prize with a haul of 42 winner-take-all delegates. rick santorum showing no signs of backing down, vowing to stay in the race even if he loses all three primaries today. >>> martha johnson, head of the general services administration, has resigned and two top deputies fired for lavish over-the-top spending at a conference in las vegas. four managers of the gsa have been placed on leave. the conference...
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governor romney is winning the tracking poll 49% to 48%. the sampling error is plus or minus throw points. if you look at the poll in virginia, important state as dana was just telling us, governor romney winning there by one point, sampling error is plus or minus four points there. that's from the american research group, i should point out. quinnipiac, that one in colorado, governor romney winning there 48% to president obama's 47%, sampling here or there is plus or minus 3%. in your own state, ohio, likely choice, look aat the numbers. president obama now at 50% prethe debates, first two. he was at 53%. that's a drop of three points. governor romney is now at 45%. pret the debates he was at 43%. i could go on and on. some of these polls have dire numbers in there for you. how worried are you about this? you're laughing. >> i think we're in good shape in ohio. yes. you know, early voting is going very well here in ohio. the president is doing very well in the early voting. we believe we've got a small, but a very meaningful load. i know o
governor romney is winning the tracking poll 49% to 48%. the sampling error is plus or minus throw points. if you look at the poll in virginia, important state as dana was just telling us, governor romney winning there by one point, sampling error is plus or minus four points there. that's from the american research group, i should point out. quinnipiac, that one in colorado, governor romney winning there 48% to president obama's 47%, sampling here or there is plus or minus 3%. in your own...
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mitt romney had two victories on saturday. he won the cpac straw poll with 38% of the vote. rick santorum was second with 31%. mitt romney also appeared to narrowly defeat ron paul to kind of sort of win the maine caucuses, 39% to 36%. there should really be an asterisk next to that, because there's some details there. joining us is the press secretary for the romney campaign. nice to see you. and of course you know what i'm talking about, the different in maine was 194 votes. ron paul will not concede because he says washington county is going to caucus on saturday, so he says it's not over yet. do you still feel confident that your candidate can keep the lead in that race? 194 votes is a squeaker. >> well, the state party declared that governor romney won maine on saturday. that they didn't think that the caucus that was still outstanding had enough votes that could turn it to anyone else. >> they said that about iowa too. if you'll remember. >> well, we're excited about the victories we had this past weekend. governor romney got a great reception on friday at cpac with hi
mitt romney had two victories on saturday. he won the cpac straw poll with 38% of the vote. rick santorum was second with 31%. mitt romney also appeared to narrowly defeat ron paul to kind of sort of win the maine caucuses, 39% to 36%. there should really be an asterisk next to that, because there's some details there. joining us is the press secretary for the romney campaign. nice to see you. and of course you know what i'm talking about, the different in maine was 194 votes. ron paul will not...
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a new poll shows mitt romney ahead in colorado. voters who choose him there, 50% to the president's 45%. things look better for the president in virginia, 49 to 45%. in wisconsin, he has the advantage, 51 to 45% from the latest polling. we're joined this morning by andrea saul from the great state of massachusetts, boston, mass there. your campaign is running ads in all of these key swing states right now dealing with the issue of welfare reform. specifically a letter that president obama, his administration sent trying to grant waivers to some of the states to make adjustments to the law. let's listen to this ad. >> under obama's plan, you wouldn't have to work and wouldn't have to train for a job. they just send you your welfare check and welfare to work goes back to plain old welfare. mitt romney will restore the work requirement because it works. >> politifact, gives this the rating as pants on fire, which means really really false. president clinton who signed the welfare to work law says it is not true and says the administra
a new poll shows mitt romney ahead in colorado. voters who choose him there, 50% to the president's 45%. things look better for the president in virginia, 49 to 45%. in wisconsin, he has the advantage, 51 to 45% from the latest polling. we're joined this morning by andrea saul from the great state of massachusetts, boston, mass there. your campaign is running ads in all of these key swing states right now dealing with the issue of welfare reform. specifically a letter that president obama, his...
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cnn's latest poll of polls has president obama at 48%, governor romney at 47%. after getting an eyeful from the damage from sandy in new jersey, first stop for the president will be green bay, wisconsin. brianna keilar is there for us this morning. hey, brianna, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, soledad. president obama will be here in a few hours, holding an event here at the airport. this obviously does come on the heels of spending all day yesterday touring the devastation in new jersey and touring the devastation with one of mitt romney's most effective surrogates, chris christie. this was an opportunity, obviously, for president obama to really flex his presidential muscle. i think people can say he did that effectively and also politically, not great for mitt romney as he was trying to surge up politically. some people may wonder if that's reflective in that cnn poll of polls, the president ahead by one point. that's something we haven't seen recently. also taking a look at "the wall street journal" nbc poll out today showing that president obama ha
cnn's latest poll of polls has president obama at 48%, governor romney at 47%. after getting an eyeful from the damage from sandy in new jersey, first stop for the president will be green bay, wisconsin. brianna keilar is there for us this morning. hey, brianna, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, soledad. president obama will be here in a few hours, holding an event here at the airport. this obviously does come on the heels of spending all day yesterday touring the devastation in...
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polls. >>> at $165 million, it's a steal. the obama administration has decided to buy an empty illinois state prison, once considered for relocating guantanamo bay prisoners. it will house high-security federal inmates and alleviate overcrowding in other prisons. officials say it will not be used for guantanamo detainees, which is prohibited by law. >>> american teenagers are getting the message, drinking and driving don't mix. a new study shows cases of drunk driving among teenagers fell 54%. good news. >> i wonder what those numbers are for texting? i bet that's on the rise. >>> turns out hitching a ride on amman atee is illegal in the sunshine state. a florida woman says she had no idea doing this was against the law. it is. you can't do it. she could face a $500 fine and up to 60 days behind bar. florida law protects manatees from alleged abuse. sheriffs released this photo to track down the woman and she turned herself in. >>> we also have another video going viral this morning. a tv ne
polls. >>> at $165 million, it's a steal. the obama administration has decided to buy an empty illinois state prison, once considered for relocating guantanamo bay prisoners. it will house high-security federal inmates and alleviate overcrowding in other prisons. officials say it will not be used for guantanamo detainees, which is prohibited by law. >>> american teenagers are getting the message, drinking and driving don't mix. a new study shows cases of drunk driving among...
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>> i think if you polled senior citizens most of them would contend to agree with mitt romney. they feel like they've paid into the system and they're getting back what they paid in. and there are a lot of people who didn't pay in -- >> that's before what he just said -- before before those comments. all that polling is before those comments. now he's just said there's a bunch of people -- >> going to say romney supporters. >> but around the kitchen table there are a lot of people that have this conversation. >> is there -- is there also an opening here? i mean you said in one of your articles today how many places noted that republicans will actually like this. like this stance, like what he's saying, like romney saying something they see -- they see as stronger in positionwise. is there something here that he'll win back some of the base that he doesn't? >> look, you've got me defending mitt romney. that's all you need to know. it's a very, very disconcerting thing for me to be doing that. >> but erick, will again, listen, doesn't the fact that you called his comments dumb an
>> i think if you polled senior citizens most of them would contend to agree with mitt romney. they feel like they've paid into the system and they're getting back what they paid in. and there are a lot of people who didn't pay in -- >> that's before what he just said -- before before those comments. all that polling is before those comments. now he's just said there's a bunch of people -- >> going to say romney supporters. >> but around the kitchen table there are a lot...
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-- oh, that's romney, 44% for romney choice for president in the general election so the exit polls would indicate there's a little bit of a contradiction in there. >> well, i think that may be right. i'll let the pundits analyze that in the next couple of weeks. this is generally looked at as a blue state. scott walker won bigger last night than two years ago when he got elected governor for the first time. it helps to putis with withis in play given the fact it's about somebody getting results and fixing problems on debt and budget and jobs. that's what walker did and what romney is talking about. i do think in some of the swing states, wisconsin, virginia, florida, ohio, others, when the debate is about getting america out of debt and back to work, this is good news that this is the message that romney is going to be driving that voters in wisconsin responded to and nationally will, too, as well. >> as we started our conversation you said number one the part of the message was overreach, the unions shouldn't have pushed for a recall anyway. >> true. >> also there was a contested
-- oh, that's romney, 44% for romney choice for president in the general election so the exit polls would indicate there's a little bit of a contradiction in there. >> well, i think that may be right. i'll let the pundits analyze that in the next couple of weeks. this is generally looked at as a blue state. scott walker won bigger last night than two years ago when he got elected governor for the first time. it helps to putis with withis in play given the fact it's about somebody getting...
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fox news poll shows governor romney up by two in the state of virginia. there are only eight true battleground states. you don't sort of say every morning, here's how we're doing by how much in every one of these critical states? >> you know, look, i think the key now, these are such small percentage points and they're within the margins of error that this campaign is going to be all about turnout. and so as i travel around, you know, i was just in pennsylvania, what i keep telling people is don't listen to the noise. either whether it's obama's three points ahead or a point behind. the reality is is that this election is going to be about do people show up to the polls. is there that enthusiasm? are folks coming out? so this is a time that such a close election that this could be very distracts. what people should do, believe in their candidate. remember there's a lot of down ballot tickets, very important, where the senate is going 237 critical house seats, as well. all these elections are going to turn about making sure that the candidates you believe
fox news poll shows governor romney up by two in the state of virginia. there are only eight true battleground states. you don't sort of say every morning, here's how we're doing by how much in every one of these critical states? >> you know, look, i think the key now, these are such small percentage points and they're within the margins of error that this campaign is going to be all about turnout. and so as i travel around, you know, i was just in pennsylvania, what i keep telling people...
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/ryan plan together and, you know, use some of those polling stats on their sense of mitt romney caring about the rich i think was a question the polls asked. 64% said that was a problem. >> of course it comes with risks. this is exactly the type of risk that we should be talking about in the election, the future of our country. as governor of indiana, the red menace is all the red ink our government is leaving. are we going to confront those issues head-on and do something about trillion dollar deficits as far as the eye can see which are coming from wheat growth and then overspending on the nation's entitlement programs, medicare and medicaid included, or because it has political risk. that's why i think it was a smart decision by mitt romney. he's shown that he is interested in governing in a serious fashion and not making it a campaign of small issues and minor issues or personal issues. the country needs to have a debate because the country is at risk. >> it's john berman here, one of the things mitt romney likes to say if you're trying to create jobs it helps to have had one. and
/ryan plan together and, you know, use some of those polling stats on their sense of mitt romney caring about the rich i think was a question the polls asked. 64% said that was a problem. >> of course it comes with risks. this is exactly the type of risk that we should be talking about in the election, the future of our country. as governor of indiana, the red menace is all the red ink our government is leaving. are we going to confront those issues head-on and do something about trillion...
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and only 25% say they are in mitt romney's corner, according to a cnn poll from earlier this month. so what does mitt romney do about this? he might have a secret weapon on his side. it's the youngest member of congress, 31-year-old illinois congressman aaron schock. he is joining us right now. i am also joined by the eternalally youthful jessica yellen. before i talk about the youth vote, congressman, i want to talk about something else. because mitt romney's likability is a subject i think we'll hear a lot about today with ann romney speaking at the convention. some people have said that the former massachusetts governor is stiff. one of these people who seemed to say that was your colleague, republican sean duffey from wisconsin, who seemed to suggest that earlier this morning here on "starting point." let's listen to what he said. >> some see mitt as kind of a stiff guy. not very relaxed. >> do you? >> well, he comes across that way sometimes. the ideas are great. but i think when he is by paul ryan or by his wife, he seems to loosen up a little and seems more natural. and i thi
and only 25% say they are in mitt romney's corner, according to a cnn poll from earlier this month. so what does mitt romney do about this? he might have a secret weapon on his side. it's the youngest member of congress, 31-year-old illinois congressman aaron schock. he is joining us right now. i am also joined by the eternalally youthful jessica yellen. before i talk about the youth vote, congressman, i want to talk about something else. because mitt romney's likability is a subject i think...
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new polls showing president obama pulling ahead of romney in three key critical swing states. in wisconsin, which is paul ryan's home state, the latest nbc/"wall street journal"/marist poll has the president with a five-point lead, 50-45%. same story in colorado, 50-45. and the lead in iowa even greater, seven points, the president leads -- eight points by my not good math, 50% to 42%. >>> the u.s. troop surge in afghanistan is officially over. this started three years ago when president obama sent in 30,000 additional troops to help neutralize the taliban resurgence. the last several hundred of those surge troops have now been shipped out. that leaves about 68,000 u.s. personnel still stationed in afghanistan. >>> the suspect in the movie theater massacre in colorado debuted a new look at a court appearance. james holmes no longer sporting that shaggy dyed orange hair from the night he was arrested for allegedly going on a shooting rampage, killing 12 people at a movie theater in aurora. at the same hearing yesterday, prosecutors abandoned their effort to obtain a notebook th
new polls showing president obama pulling ahead of romney in three key critical swing states. in wisconsin, which is paul ryan's home state, the latest nbc/"wall street journal"/marist poll has the president with a five-point lead, 50-45%. same story in colorado, 50-45. and the lead in iowa even greater, seven points, the president leads -- eight points by my not good math, 50% to 42%. >>> the u.s. troop surge in afghanistan is officially over. this started three years ago...
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the poll has mitt romney ahead of the president by two points, essentially tied. while the abc/"washington post" poll shows the president with a five-point lead in the battleground states. both campaigns looking forward to the debate tomorrow night. tackling president obama's lucklaster performance, as well. listen. >> he knew when he walked up that stage, and he also knew as he's watched the tape of that debate that he's got to be more energetic. i think you'll see somebody who's very passionate about the choice that our country faces. and putting that choice in front of voters. >> this is a big choice election, and the fact is what we saw is, even if he changes his style, and whatever political tactics the president settles on as being in his best interest for this debate, he can't change his record and he can't change his policies. >> coming up in just a few minutes we're going to dig into the poll numbers. talk about what's at stake tomorrow night with former mccain 2008 presidential campaign adviser mark mckinnon will be our guest. first john berman has the u
the poll has mitt romney ahead of the president by two points, essentially tied. while the abc/"washington post" poll shows the president with a five-point lead in the battleground states. both campaigns looking forward to the debate tomorrow night. tackling president obama's lucklaster performance, as well. listen. >> he knew when he walked up that stage, and he also knew as he's watched the tape of that debate that he's got to be more energetic. i think you'll see somebody...
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a new poll shows president obama and mitt romney are in a virtual tie, but it's another story if you look at the crucial swing states. >>> drugs, alcohol, the downward spiral of amy winehouse. her father will join us this morning to tell us who he blames for her early and tragic death. >>> and magic's kingdom. the laker legend, irving "magic" johnson will join us to talk about his new addition to his empire. >>> and new orleans quarterback drew brees will be with us. his team has gotten a bad rap for delivering bad hits in the bounty scandal. now he is trying to to educate people about concussions. ♪ and i said what about breakfast at tiffany's ♪ ♪ she said i think i remember the film ♪ >> i like this song. it's just been played and played. >> it's three chords, three notes, over and over and over. >> and they tend to play it on the radio constantly. >> that's why it's my karaoke song because i can only hit three notes. >> the irony of the song is it's not about "breakfast at tiffany's." it's about the movie "roman holiday." >> details, details. >> i know this crap. >> i know
a new poll shows president obama and mitt romney are in a virtual tie, but it's another story if you look at the crucial swing states. >>> drugs, alcohol, the downward spiral of amy winehouse. her father will join us this morning to tell us who he blames for her early and tragic death. >>> and magic's kingdom. the laker legend, irving "magic" johnson will join us to talk about his new addition to his empire. >>> and new orleans quarterback drew brees will be...
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at 38% and mitt romney at 35%. you look at the margin of error, very close. you look at their unfavorable numbers, president obama 54% among independents and mitt romney at 47%. so terrible numbers for both of them on something that everybody has said is the most important issue in this election, which is the economy. what should they be doing? what should they be talking about? >> well, i think both candidates have to talk about the economy, not just what's gone wrong but also what we're going to do in the future. i think the president has done that. he said, again and again, that he's willing to cut spending, but we also got to make investments. we can't continue to extend the bush tax cuts and not make investments in education and transportation in the infrastructure. we have to do both. i think the president has tried to extend the hand to the republicans. but the house leadership has refused again and again and again. in the senate, as you recall, senator mcconnell said his number one job is to defeat the pres
at 38% and mitt romney at 35%. you look at the margin of error, very close. you look at their unfavorable numbers, president obama 54% among independents and mitt romney at 47%. so terrible numbers for both of them on something that everybody has said is the most important issue in this election, which is the economy. what should they be doing? what should they be talking about? >> well, i think both candidates have to talk about the economy, not just what's gone wrong but also what we're...
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of the last week, for the romney campaign? >> i think that that debate gave democrats a lot to be very excited about, very enthusiastic about. i think it showed undecided voters a very clear contrast between how the president wants to keep growing this economy, keep unemployment going down and how mitt romney's policies would favor the wealthy over the middle class. yes i do think that this debate was very helpful. overall will it be as meaningful as one of the presidential debates? it's hard to say right now. for last night and for this mome moment, i think that there's a lot for us on the democratic side to be very happy about. >> lot of aggressiveness out of joe biden and there are many people like ben smith and chris zalizza from the washington post, smiling was unsettling, laughing wag losing the debate from joe biden's side. some people have said -- i've heard this a couple of times, that some of this aggressiveness was a way to sort of navigate what the president should do in the next presidential debate. kind of push t
of the last week, for the romney campaign? >> i think that that debate gave democrats a lot to be very excited about, very enthusiastic about. i think it showed undecided voters a very clear contrast between how the president wants to keep growing this economy, keep unemployment going down and how mitt romney's policies would favor the wealthy over the middle class. yes i do think that this debate was very helpful. overall will it be as meaningful as one of the presidential debates? it's...
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and every establishment figure just about, but more importantly, the exit polls even if they voted for santorum yesterday, most of the republicans are convinced that mitt romney will be the nominee. it's been a very tough campaign that they've been in, far worse than any i've observed, so we've got a lot of ground to make up. because it raised up mitt's unfavorables, but i thought he's pivoted well and i thought he did a good job last night and tuesday night when -- after his victory. >> let me ask a question, sir, if you will of ron brownstein for a moment. the strategy seems to be let's pivot and talk about president obama, what are the risks in that strategy? listen, santorum is done, look at the numbers and we're heading towards clinching the nomination. >> he is headed to clinch the nomination but the results in wisconsin was not a blowout, the bottom did not completely fall out for rick santorum, and the risk for romney is embarrassment more than anything else, if santorum can win in pennsylvania and marshal the coalition that he had in most of the primary he can win an awful lot
and every establishment figure just about, but more importantly, the exit polls even if they voted for santorum yesterday, most of the republicans are convinced that mitt romney will be the nominee. it's been a very tough campaign that they've been in, far worse than any i've observed, so we've got a lot of ground to make up. because it raised up mitt's unfavorables, but i thought he's pivoted well and i thought he did a good job last night and tuesday night when -- after his victory. >>...
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president obama and mitt romney are neck and neck. i think they're both at 45% with a margin of error of 3%, plus or minus. how do you -- what do you read into that poll? >> well, let's just back up. harry truman used to say the only thing that's new in the world the history forgotten or never learned. go back to the week after obama and biden became president and vice president. last week, something like 380,000 people filed for unemployment insurance. compared to where we were, we're doing pretty good. >> but the complaint is not doing enough, not doing it fast enough, that everybody expected the job growth would be much faster and stronger especially with all the stimulus money put in. >> again, the underlying economics are actually quite good. we can't do a whole lot about europe. number two, we can't -- let's focus on the things that we can do something about. hitting singles. putting in place a whole bunch of things that strengthen the economic recovery. i've mentioned those already. number three, why wait until december to cont
president obama and mitt romney are neck and neck. i think they're both at 45% with a margin of error of 3%, plus or minus. how do you -- what do you read into that poll? >> well, let's just back up. harry truman used to say the only thing that's new in the world the history forgotten or never learned. go back to the week after obama and biden became president and vice president. last week, something like 380,000 people filed for unemployment insurance. compared to where we were, we're...
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he still doesn't get more than 35% in the polls. that more conservative part of the party fractures between santorum, perry, so he is in the strongest position. he's consolidating the center more than anyone is consolida consolidating the right. that leaves him with not an overwhelming position but enough to be steam rolling towards this nomination. >> will, give you something to think about as we go to commercial break, which is what happens in the general erection, righ election. as you go through the general election and you see those numbers, people are enthusiastic start to go down, isn't it about turnout, turnout. >>> i want to remind everyone -- take your time. thursday night, 8:00 p.m. eastern. you want to watch it here. we will be talking about it the next morning. >>> still ahead, the italian cruise ship captain is facing the judge right now. we'll update you on what is happening. >>> plus wikipedia going dark for 24 hours. it's all in protest of the u.s. government's anti-pie ras si act. stay with us. [ jennifer garner ]
he still doesn't get more than 35% in the polls. that more conservative part of the party fractures between santorum, perry, so he is in the strongest position. he's consolidating the center more than anyone is consolida consolidating the right. that leaves him with not an overwhelming position but enough to be steam rolling towards this nomination. >> will, give you something to think about as we go to commercial break, which is what happens in the general erection, righ election. as you...
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to work for the country. >> there's a question they polled with this question. did the stimulus help lower unemployment and 80% said yes and 4% said no. 2% were uncertain. would there be another stimulus? that would be a solution for the crisis we're in right now or the slowly improving crisis we're in right now. what do you think? >> i think those economists said the stimulus worked in stemming off the economic downturn. the economic downturn, according to those economists was much worse than anybody predicted in the fall of 2008. but what the stimulus did is it protected us from going off that cliff. it protected us from falling into a recession and resulted in us saving and creating more than 3 million jobs. but we need to do more that. was the message that the president was communicating on friday. we need to do more. we need to keep our foot on the pedal of this economy and continue do things to help it grow rather than put up roadblocks, and that's the debatd i think we're going to have on the campaign trail. president has solutions that would jump start o
to work for the country. >> there's a question they polled with this question. did the stimulus help lower unemployment and 80% said yes and 4% said no. 2% were uncertain. would there be another stimulus? that would be a solution for the crisis we're in right now or the slowly improving crisis we're in right now. what do you think? >> i think those economists said the stimulus worked in stemming off the economic downturn. the economic downturn, according to those economists was much...
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. >> the american people don't seem to agree at lisa correspondeding to our most recent cnn poll and who is better able to handle foreign policy. president obama enjoys 55 to 40% lead now. if you're right, why are the american people wrong? >> the issue hasn't been defined. the main issue is the economy. when people look at foreign policy this he see osama bin laden. >> and i think americans approved pulling the troops out of iraq. >> that was begun by president bush. when you start with condy rice and john mccain and once you get behind the big victories and they were big, no doubting it, seeing what he has done as far as israel, iran, the british, the inconsistent policies, as far as really not working closely with our allies, we'll see the policy is not as good as people think it is right now. >> senator mccain spoke about an aissue close to your heart and i want to listen to what he said. >> we can't afford to have the security of our nation -- we can't afford to have the security of our nation and those who bravely defend it in danger because their government leaks secrets of th
. >> the american people don't seem to agree at lisa correspondeding to our most recent cnn poll and who is better able to handle foreign policy. president obama enjoys 55 to 40% lead now. if you're right, why are the american people wrong? >> the issue hasn't been defined. the main issue is the economy. when people look at foreign policy this he see osama bin laden. >> and i think americans approved pulling the troops out of iraq. >> that was begun by president bush....
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the recent poll shows the president has a slight lead over mitt romney at 47% to 42%. and starting today the states also playing host to the national governor's association 104th annual meeting. one man who will be center stage is virginia's governor bob mcdonnell, the chair of the republican governors association. thanks for joining me once again. let me ask you a question -- >> thanks, soledad. >> great to have you. your statement unemployment figures are very good, 5.6% is the last number i've read. president obama, when i look at the polls and we showed them, he's leading in polling in your statement. do you think it's likely the president will take the state of virginia coming the election? >> no. and i say that -- >> i'm looking at the polls while you say that but i'm looking at the polls, they say yes. >> there's only one that matters and it's not today, it's four months from now. and that's much better position than about four months ago. romney was down eight points and i think more more people examine the failed leadership and impact of the regulatory policie
the recent poll shows the president has a slight lead over mitt romney at 47% to 42%. and starting today the states also playing host to the national governor's association 104th annual meeting. one man who will be center stage is virginia's governor bob mcdonnell, the chair of the republican governors association. thanks for joining me once again. let me ask you a question -- >> thanks, soledad. >> great to have you. your statement unemployment figures are very good, 5.6% is the...